Colton's Shiner

"I came home from school one day with a shiner on my eye...fightin' was against the rules and it didn't matter why..." so begins one of my favorite George Strait songs, "Love Without End, Amen". Well, that's not exactly what happened.

Last week, when Colton was playing out in the barn with a friend, I was in the kitchen looking out the window when I saw them come around the corner...it literally looked like someone had shoved a golfball up under his cheekbone. He looked deformed! It scared me to death! Apparently the handle of the wheelbarrow had caught his cheekbone/eye as he fell off a ladder in the barn. This is five hours later...

A closer look (swelling way down, but still pretty swolen)
This is morning, Day 2...he was mortified! Stayed home from school for that one...

Three days later...much better! Glad to report that he is on the mend...only permanent damage...mom's gray hairs (but even that can be remedied by a good hairdresser!) lol